Bird’s eye view: A drive of 280 km again, but today it took longer. Purvanchal expressway stayed with us for 100 km, after which we descended to NH31, a crowded stretch of road, then started on the unexpectedly beautiful NH922 after crossing the Ganga at Buxor, got stuck again at Ara, and ran a fairly good stretch for the balance 50 km to North Patna, where my cousin was staying. We left Azamgarh at 7.00 am and reached at 12.00 noon, a well-done 5 hour run, helped by the fact that it was a Sunday. It was sunny today, but not blistering, around 30-33 degC, so can’t complain. Leaving Azamgarh (7.00 am): Checkout was smooth, since we did not take breakfast at the hotel. Thinking that PEx would have scarce food resources, we were carrying cakes and biscuits, to have on the go. In fact, we were pretty flummoxed when, after an hour or so of driving, PEx ran out of steam and we were back in the land of congested traffic and shanty food shops. Nonetheless, w...